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the cal men and women try to stay undefeated. the badgers and the bears next. >>> not a good day for the cal basketball teams. the women's team lost for the first time this season to duke. despite getting a career high 28 points from brittany boyd. cal men travel to wisconsin. hitting the big three. wisconsin jumps out to a 30-12 lead. this is the second road game for cal. crab puts it down hard. 25 points for crab. badgers puts this game away. wisconsin 81-56. stanford going to take two weeks off for finals but first they hosted denver today. most points game inside the paint. pioneers never challenged today. stanford 71-58. they are off till december 15. women 8-0 now with a victory today. tiger woods world challenge created to support his foundation. 18 man tournament. when the winner earn as million dollars this turns into a serious competition. tiger woods gets a good luck kiss from his mother. won this tournament 5 times but never made a charge this time. finishes one under 71 tied for 4 4th. rickie fowler on sunday. never
the cal men and women try to stay undefeated. the badgers and the bears next. >>> not a good day for the cal basketball teams. the women's team lost for the first time this season to duke. despite getting a career high 28 points from brittany boyd. cal men travel to wisconsin. hitting the big three. wisconsin jumps out to a 30-12 lead. this is the second road game for cal. crab puts it down hard. 25 points for crab. badgers puts this game away. wisconsin 81-56. stanford going to take...
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he took the foreign service exam when we were undergrads at cal. he came back the first time, pleased with results on the written but felt he didn't do so well on the orals. the question that seemed to trip him up and left him perplexed was the following. mr. stevens, please compare american government and jazz music. chris told us he didn't quite know how to handle that question. my suggestion involved people blowing loudly on their horns or banging loud' on their drums was not terribly helpful. we decided to ask questions to trip up the applicant. we didn't have the internet to find a quick answer but figured it out. though chris may not have come up with the answer during that exam he certainly lived the message taught by this interesting comparison. both american democracy and jazz music involved ongoing experimentation. they involve unscripted action and improvisation as we figure out the best way to get along. both depend on a group allowing a soloist or representative to step forward and recite his piece while the rest of the group provides
he took the foreign service exam when we were undergrads at cal. he came back the first time, pleased with results on the written but felt he didn't do so well on the orals. the question that seemed to trip him up and left him perplexed was the following. mr. stevens, please compare american government and jazz music. chris told us he didn't quite know how to handle that question. my suggestion involved people blowing loudly on their horns or banging loud' on their drums was not terribly...
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syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributor. and kirsten powers. >> jon: i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong. >> susan rice has been depi depicted from everything as a thrown under the bus sacraficial lamb to a willing political accomplice. >> and ambassador susan rice meeting on capitol hill with some of her critics, how she wrongly characterized the attacks in benghazi on september 11th and as reported, the meeting did not clear things up. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> i'm more troubled today knowing, having met with the acting director of the cia and ambassador rice. >> and more convinced than ever that it was unjust
syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributor. and kirsten powers. >> jon: i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong....
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cal has not confirmed a news conference yet. it could happen as soon as tomorrow. but sony dykes will be the new head coach in berkeley. >> victoria secret models are legendary for figures and one isxaás sharing a secret for staying in shape, model lilly auld ridge credits ballet with bringing back curves and says ballets enables models to focus on area that's need attention after pregnancy. transition from models to michael finney. >> yeah. yeah. that is a good thing. >> yes. he's here to answer questions you sent to him.ophk >> i asked is shopping online better than in the store? well, that is a question for the ages right now. you know, it depends on what it is you're going for. if you don't know the product you've got to touch it and feel it. for many you have to try them on. if you buy fromgki small retailers you don't pay sales tax that you're supposed to pay later but no one does. so is the deal is where the deal is. boy have told you cheaper off line. it's not true anymore. everybody is competing so deal is where the deal is. >> there ishe0 this question
cal has not confirmed a news conference yet. it could happen as soon as tomorrow. but sony dykes will be the new head coach in berkeley. >> victoria secret models are legendary for figures and one isxaás sharing a secret for staying in shape, model lilly auld ridge credits ballet with bringing back curves and says ballets enables models to focus on area that's need attention after pregnancy. transition from models to michael finney. >> yeah. yeah. that is a good thing. >>...
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. >>> cal train hopes today's rain won't do any damage. yesterday crews shored up a portion of devils slide that was damaged by this past weekends storm. traffic along highway 1 was reduced to one lane for much of the day. in santa cruz county vine hill road could partially reopen. heavy rains washed away part of the roadway. county crews say the restoration is a top priority because vein hill road is a crucial connector. >>> 4:47 is the time right now. let's go back over to tara. what are you keeping an eye on? >> there is an accident that popped up in oakland. i would like to take a look at the maps. here we do. let's take look at the maps. there you see it. okay. this is on 580 westbound. we have two lanes blocked right here. doesn't seem it's causing much of a backup here. i don't see too many slow speeds. that is the good news. we do have a couple fender benders at the bridge. be aware of that if you need to take the bridge this morning. if we take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza it is raining out there. i just got a text fro
. >>> cal train hopes today's rain won't do any damage. yesterday crews shored up a portion of devils slide that was damaged by this past weekends storm. traffic along highway 1 was reduced to one lane for much of the day. in santa cruz county vine hill road could partially reopen. heavy rains washed away part of the roadway. county crews say the restoration is a top priority because vein hill road is a crucial connector. >>> 4:47 is the time right now. let's go back over to...
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he advanced to the staffs of both cal and stanford before landing in the nfl in 1996 with al davis and the raiders. the expansion cincinnati bengals were next on the list where he served under the legendary paul brown and an old school football man who passed on walsh when it was time to name a successor, leaving the bengals for a year in san diego before getting his first chance as a head coach. >> and there were those in the league that did not think i was head coach material to let everybody know it, including paul brown, who i had worked for. so it was difficult all the way through. then my big break, of course, they came at stanford university. >> paul brown's loss was stanford's game. under walsh, they won successive bowl games. parallelling the 49ers team, declining to the league's depths. under the new owner, unpopular general manager, they went through three coaches in two years. >> they asked me when i first went to stanford if i would be the head coach of the 49ers. of course, i had nothing to do with it. but then they decided that they needed to revamp the whole thing and i
he advanced to the staffs of both cal and stanford before landing in the nfl in 1996 with al davis and the raiders. the expansion cincinnati bengals were next on the list where he served under the legendary paul brown and an old school football man who passed on walsh when it was time to name a successor, leaving the bengals for a year in san diego before getting his first chance as a head coach. >> and there were those in the league that did not think i was head coach material to let...
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which picked up an item in the american media called kim jong un, the media, and came from the satire cal newspaper "the onion" sometimes things were lost in translation and this was irony. >> that's funny. >> the largest black hole ever seen in the galaxy, the size of 77 million suns, it's 250 million light years away from the earth and it's incomprehensible. what i like most about it though, it's rather humbling. >> paul: i thought you were describing washington. >> that's not humbling, fright any. >> paul: but it is
which picked up an item in the american media called kim jong un, the media, and came from the satire cal newspaper "the onion" sometimes things were lost in translation and this was irony. >> that's funny. >> the largest black hole ever seen in the galaxy, the size of 77 million suns, it's 250 million light years away from the earth and it's incomprehensible. what i like most about it though, it's rather humbling. >> paul: i thought you were describing washington....
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syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributor. and kirsten powers. >> jon: i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong. >> susan rice has been depi depicted from everything as a thrown under the bus sacraficial lamb to a willing political accomplice. >> and ambassador susan rice meeting on capitol hill with some of her critics, how she wrongly characterized the attacks in benghazi on september 11th and as reported, the meeting did not clear things up. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> i'm more troubled today knowing, having met with the acting director of the cia and ambassador rice. >> and more convinced than ever that it was unjust
syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributor. and kirsten powers. >> jon: i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong....
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now we did have a chance to talk with cal tran. they just want to remind you to really take it easy. look from the management center in oakland shows you they do monitor the freeways in realtime. they do ask that you be very careful on the roadways and pay attention to the interchangeable message signs. we did talk to a chp officer earlier this morning. he stopped by but had to take off in a quick manner because he needed to respond to an accident and a spinout. that going on around the region this morning. the rain again has let up just a little bit. as steve mentioned it looks pretty good. we will continue to watch this as well as the flash flood watch for the north bay area. i was in talking with the chp officer he mentioned something kind of interesting. he said this wind can really, really wreak havoc on our morning drive. what it does do is help to blow some of that rain off of the roadways and helps to at least prevent a little bit of flooding and puddling along the roadways. so i thought that was really interesting. also yo
now we did have a chance to talk with cal tran. they just want to remind you to really take it easy. look from the management center in oakland shows you they do monitor the freeways in realtime. they do ask that you be very careful on the roadways and pay attention to the interchangeable message signs. we did talk to a chp officer earlier this morning. he stopped by but had to take off in a quick manner because he needed to respond to an accident and a spinout. that going on around the region...
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we'll see. >>> cal bears have a new head football coach. there he is, sonny dykes who replaced jeff tedford who was fired last month. dykes got louisiana tech to a mighty impressive 9-3 record in his third year at tech. the bulldogs have the top ranked offense in the country so hopefully he can do something at cal. he is 43 years old taking over a team in a finished 3-9 under ted forked last year. >>> one down six to go on the world's longest road trip of the year. golden state led detroit by 2 at halftime then the guards went on a tear. klay thompson hit 5 three because in the 3rd quarter and stephen curry had his fourth straight double-double with 22 points and 10 assists. warriors win 104-97 and continue the trip tomorrow in brooklyn. >> she is a sports gal! >>> a last second thrill for our play of the day nba. we got new york at charlotte. we are tied up at 98. 3.4 ticks left in the game. here's how it finished. >> kidd to j.r. smith, not using it, smith flips it up for the win, it's good!! j.r. smith nails it! >> with that, knicks' j.r
we'll see. >>> cal bears have a new head football coach. there he is, sonny dykes who replaced jeff tedford who was fired last month. dykes got louisiana tech to a mighty impressive 9-3 record in his third year at tech. the bulldogs have the top ranked offense in the country so hopefully he can do something at cal. he is 43 years old taking over a team in a finished 3-9 under ted forked last year. >>> one down six to go on the world's longest road trip of the year. golden...
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. >> casey waters is headed to cal. then this player is headed to duke. and one to san diego state and last but not least, brianna brown headed to virginia tech. >> for waters, staying close to home by choosing cal is the perfect situation. >> there is nothing like being on the west coast. and everything i get from being up here. where they're going, i know they're hungry and that fits me personally. i'm always excited and hungry for the next thing. >> and for cheatham, she was part of the team won goal at the fbia world championships in august and was ranked as one of the top ten. it has been quite the journey since her freshman year. >> freshman year i was still learning the game. it was a work in progress. seeing the seniors in the past, you know, seeing what they've done. remembering their moments. i want to create a moment and i want to be remembered in this program. >> now for the team it is about taking the recognition being considered the nation's best and using it as further motivation. >> we have a road to travel. if we were small, it would stil
. >> casey waters is headed to cal. then this player is headed to duke. and one to san diego state and last but not least, brianna brown headed to virginia tech. >> for waters, staying close to home by choosing cal is the perfect situation. >> there is nothing like being on the west coast. and everything i get from being up here. where they're going, i know they're hungry and that fits me personally. i'm always excited and hungry for the next thing. >> and for cheatham,...
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. >> cal transsent out a crew to re-- caltrans sent out a crew to repair the road. >>> we are live to see the damage the floodwaters left behind. >> healthyy, the mobile homes behind me are surrounded by the creek. and, when the water rises the residents are left with little else to do but wait. >>> i got my mom out. i took her down to a friend's house down the street. you never know with water like this what it is going to do. >> these homes in a flood zone are a mile from sixx flags and off of i-80 neighbors were pumping water out of under their homes. they watched the water seep before it went in his unit. >> the way the skirting is built i did not get too much damage, just the cleanup. >> he showed us his photos. >> there were 3 feet of water coming down the street right here. i mean, i tried to walk across it to check on my neighbor. i almost had my feet knock out from under me. >> the park owner refused to speak to us. residents said just as fast as the water rose it went down. ktvu channel 2 news. >> there were concerns of flooding in redwood city. the police warn that the high
. >> cal transsent out a crew to re-- caltrans sent out a crew to repair the road. >>> we are live to see the damage the floodwaters left behind. >> healthyy, the mobile homes behind me are surrounded by the creek. and, when the water rises the residents are left with little else to do but wait. >>> i got my mom out. i took her down to a friend's house down the street. you never know with water like this what it is going to do. >> these homes in a flood zone...
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another storm is expected to pass through our area and cal trans is supposed to get that work done before the storm hits. they are scheduled to open in february of next year and its opening has been delayed at least a few times. initially it was supposed to open a year ago and then they said it would open this month and now it is 2013 when it is supposed to be complete. it is supposed to be completed and hopefully they will get it done. these one way traffic controls all the way out to the northport tall bridge area, they will be in effect until 3:00 this afternoon. ktvu channel 2 morning news allie rasmus. >>> the rain led to this huge sinkhole in lafayette. the shine of generator lights filled the neighborhood as crews made temporary repairs to mountain drive. rushing creek water damaged the road and some utility lines and some people what live there are affected. >> this is very much expected and we are grateful the city is on it and things are happening. -- things are happening. >> now the road is not expected to be fixed until at least next spring. >> oakland police will tell us abou
another storm is expected to pass through our area and cal trans is supposed to get that work done before the storm hits. they are scheduled to open in february of next year and its opening has been delayed at least a few times. initially it was supposed to open a year ago and then they said it would open this month and now it is 2013 when it is supposed to be complete. it is supposed to be completed and hopefully they will get it done. these one way traffic controls all the way out to the...
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i find hit hypocrite cal that a person launched her own verbal abuse on twitter. >> all right. on the serious side she has gotten death threats. she's not whining about being a victim but she isn't shy about pointing out. >> did you know who jenny johnson was before this? >> i do now. point taken. >> here is my question.question. given the history that chris brown has, both in terms of the felony conviction and in terms of other stuff he said on the air over the years, homophobic taunts in one case. how does he have more than 11 million followers. is he a hero to some people? >> people like his music, you know. in this culture you're one hit away from a come back. chris brown has had a phenomenal year musically. you don't have to like him as a person or as a human being, but there's no denying he has millions fans who thoroughly enjoy his music and thoroughly enjoy his concerts. >> do you think the millions of fans are there because they like chris brown the performer and are looking past the verbal abuse or maybe some people are attracted by it because they think it is enterta
i find hit hypocrite cal that a person launched her own verbal abuse on twitter. >> all right. on the serious side she has gotten death threats. she's not whining about being a victim but she isn't shy about pointing out. >> did you know who jenny johnson was before this? >> i do now. point taken. >> here is my question.question. given the history that chris brown has, both in terms of the felony conviction and in terms of other stuff he said on the air over the years,...
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rumors of departure from louisiana tech. " " turns out the dope smokers knew >>> before he got the cal johnson job, sonny dykes was shooting down the rumor. >> some 19-year-old kid smoking pot in his dorm room likely. a lot of those guys live on the west coast. it is legal out there you know. >> it turns out that dope smokers knew what they were talking about. dykes and his wife left monroe, louisiana, in a private jet bound for berkeley. he was introduced as the new head football coach of the cal bears today and it sounds like he wants everyone on his staff except jeff. >> i think putting the staff together is about young people, old people, optimistic people, mess mystic people. i think you want a lot of those bases covered. so old grouchy guys and young optimistic guys have an ability to work very well together. >> he is really excited. this is a job that he has wanted and really sees the future that it can be and so as the days went on, we get a little nervous and antsy but we're just really blessed to be here and feel like it's such a wonderful opportunity. >> it's been a whirlwin
rumors of departure from louisiana tech. " " turns out the dope smokers knew >>> before he got the cal johnson job, sonny dykes was shooting down the rumor. >> some 19-year-old kid smoking pot in his dorm room likely. a lot of those guys live on the west coast. it is legal out there you know. >> it turns out that dope smokers knew what they were talking about. dykes and his wife left monroe, louisiana, in a private jet bound for berkeley. he was introduced as the...
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cal probably likes the price. they were trained the previous coach 2.3 million. they got this guy for less. >> your li-sao fired up to date. >> yes i like to look at all the different avenues of what i'm talking about-- >> i can tell by the sound of your voice that you feel fabulous. >> this guy knows the area prior to going to louisiana tech he was the assistant coach at arizona so we will see this is not one of those things where you go all my gosh. he obviously knows his stuff and we will see. >> we will see what happens tonight is the raiders and broncos. what i was wondering if you look is a mirror image and is not good the broncos are opposite of the raiders with their record. 3-9, 9-3. >> after the loss someone wanted autographs from patent manning. if the raiders will switch to be upset if the raiders players were getting autographs on peyton manning because he is such a hall of famer leaving >> that would be a bad loss you better not getting any autographs you better just go home. >> tonight you watch, you may be looking at the best regular-season quarte
cal probably likes the price. they were trained the previous coach 2.3 million. they got this guy for less. >> your li-sao fired up to date. >> yes i like to look at all the different avenues of what i'm talking about-- >> i can tell by the sound of your voice that you feel fabulous. >> this guy knows the area prior to going to louisiana tech he was the assistant coach at arizona so we will see this is not one of those things where you go all my gosh. he obviously knows...
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we will recap the stanford highlights and what's ahead for cal and san jose state off to bowling. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> raider nation, listen up. we want to see your team pride. e-mail your fan photos to ureport at kgo-tv.com. we will post the photos at abc7news.com and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00 on thursday. at 5:00 you can watch peyton manning and the denver broncos take on the raiders here on abc7. >>> coming up next, more on the wet weather which is causing problems around the bay area. a flood warning is in effect in the north bay. we will have a live report. and big concerns in the sierra and the the reno areas. they have already declared a ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature val
we will recap the stanford highlights and what's ahead for cal and san jose state off to bowling. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> raider nation, listen up. we want to see your team pride. e-mail your fan photos to ureport at kgo-tv.com. we will post the photos at abc7news.com and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00 on thursday. at 5:00 you can watch peyton manning and the denver broncos take on the raiders here on abc7....
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this is the opinion cal for a musician. >> reporter: ll cool j ought to know. the hip-hop superstar will host tonight's primetime grammy nomination special as he has for each of the past five years on cbs. >> i've been doing this since the grammy nominations, since the inception of the grammy nominations and it's been fun every year. it's been different every year. i think music fans are music fans. you come to nashville people appreciate good music. >> reporter: ll cool j will co-host with taylor swift to announce this year's nominees. the stage will be in nashville america's country music capital but the hour long special will showcase the best of all popular music. we got a back stage tour in the arena and caught nashville country music star luke bryan doing a sound check. >> truly amazing to be a part of this night and part of the grammy nomination show and with hopes to of guesting a grammy nomination and i want seems like a grammy nomination never has been in my realm of, i guess, i guess expectations to get that would be just truly out of the park. ♪ >
this is the opinion cal for a musician. >> reporter: ll cool j ought to know. the hip-hop superstar will host tonight's primetime grammy nomination special as he has for each of the past five years on cbs. >> i've been doing this since the grammy nominations, since the inception of the grammy nominations and it's been fun every year. it's been different every year. i think music fans are music fans. you come to nashville people appreciate good music. >> reporter: ll cool j...
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cbo report that the economic consequences of the cliff, the first critical step is to extend the mid cal class tax cut. it's almost half of the impact on our g.d.p. the upper income is onen tenth of one% in terms of economic impact. 1/10 of 1%. it's a question of listening to the american people. >> i would like to close by saying a lot has been said about what will happen if we go over the cliff. let's think about what will happen if we don't and the confidence that the market cease and the confidence that consumers will have further creating jobs. the confidence that they have that we can get a job done here, that's really important. but it's about job creation and growth that is so important. a job is the best answer to most every challenge that a family has. it is also a great way to relieve the federal budget of some of the social services that are necessary. and more important than that, it's the dignity of work and rewarding it and the fairness that the tax code that this is taking us to the clinton tax rates. others can speak to what it was under reagan and the rest of that. but
cbo report that the economic consequences of the cliff, the first critical step is to extend the mid cal class tax cut. it's almost half of the impact on our g.d.p. the upper income is onen tenth of one% in terms of economic impact. 1/10 of 1%. it's a question of listening to the american people. >> i would like to close by saying a lot has been said about what will happen if we go over the cliff. let's think about what will happen if we don't and the confidence that the market cease and...
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but if we go over the if is cal cliff, which is really more of a slope than a cliff. it is not like y2k where january 1, everybody has a dramatic cuts in services and dramatic increases in taxes. that will smooth in over time. that will happen over some time. there's things the president can do to delay the impact of that on the average family. but it is going to be a big shock to the markets and to lots of folks' savings and pensions if we get right up to the end of the year and we haven't had some healthy, clear negotiation about what's the path forward. some framework some downpayment and some bridge. so one bad thing we kick the can down the road. the other we go over the fiscal cliff but without any clear path forward or plan. in my view, a really bad plan is worse than no plan. at the end of the last congress, where i was here as a member of the lame duck, we were prevailed upon, persuaded to vote for a two-year extension of the bush tax cuts. the price of that was -- had we not done that, unemployment insurance. where millions of americans would have ended. in
but if we go over the if is cal cliff, which is really more of a slope than a cliff. it is not like y2k where january 1, everybody has a dramatic cuts in services and dramatic increases in taxes. that will smooth in over time. that will happen over some time. there's things the president can do to delay the impact of that on the average family. but it is going to be a big shock to the markets and to lots of folks' savings and pensions if we get right up to the end of the year and we haven't had...